[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
h6 9. e4 (9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd5 11. e4 Nc7 12. e5 Ba6 13. c4 f5 $1 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qf7 $15 {Knaak-Chernin/Palma de Mallorca GMA/1989})
9... Nxe4 $1 (9... Re8 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 (11... c4 12. Bxc4 Nxe4 $13 {
/\Ba6 Chernin}) 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qd2 Bg4 $1 16. Bxh6
Bxf3 17. gxf3 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ {Remis/
Timman-Gelfand/Moscow Alekhine/1992}) 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 f5
13. f3 (13. O-O fxe4 14. Re1 e3 15. fxe3 d6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nf6 $10) 13...
Ba6 $1 14. Kf2 fxe4 15. Nxe4 d6 16. Bf4 Nd7 $1 17. Re1 (17. Nxd6 $2 Re2+ 18.
Kg1 Qf6 19. Qc1 Rf8 20. Bg3 Ne5 $17 {/\Nf3}) (17. Bxd6 $2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
$17) 17... Ne5 $10 18. Re3 Nc4 19. Re2 Ne5 20. Re3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 exd5 (7...
Bb7 8. e4 b5 9. O-O bxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bxd5
14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Na6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Re3 d6
20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Qe6 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. Rce1 Nd5 24. Rd3 $10 {Knaak,
R-Aleksandria,N/Halle/1981/}) 8. cxd5 h6 (8... Bb7 9. e4 c4 10. Bc2 d6 11. O-O
Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 a6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 b5 18.
Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd2 Nfd7 20. b4 cxb3 21. Nxb3 Nxb3 22. Bxb3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Rac8 24.
Rac1 $14 {Balashov,Y-Aseev,K/Odessa ch-SU/1989/}) 9. e4 $5 (9. O-O Bxc3 10.
bxc3 Nxd5 11. e4 Nc7 12. Bf4 (12. e5 Ba6 13. c4 f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Rb1 Nc6
16. Bb2 Qf7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne6 19. Qg4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qg6 Bb7 22.
Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ $10 {Knaak,R-Chernin,A/Palma GMA-op/1989/})
12... Re8 13. Bd6 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nbxa6 15. Qd3 Re6 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17. Bg3 Nac7 18.
e5 f6 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Nb5 21. Rc1 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Nf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. a4
$36 {Azmaiparashvili-Aseev/Vilnius-mm/1984/}) 9... Re8 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 (12... Nxc3 $2 13. Qb3 $1 Rxe1+ 14. Nxe1 $18) (12... f5 13.
Qc2 Bb7 14. c4 Qf6 15. Bb2 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Nxf5 $16) 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (13...
Qxe8 14. c4 d6 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Qc2 $44) 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qd2 Bg4 (15... Nf6 16.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Bb7 18. Ng5 Bxd5 19. Re1 $18) 16. Bxh6 $1 Bxf3 (16...
gxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxf3 $2 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. Qh7+) 17. gxf3 gxh6 18.
Qxh6 Qf6 (18... Nf6 19. Kh1 $18) 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 24,5-15,5"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1959.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.07.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. c5 $1 bxc5 (10... Ng4 11. g3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. hxg4 Bxe2
13. Qxe2 Qc6 $1) 11... bxc5 12. a3 Ba5 13. dxc5 Qc6 14. b4 Ne5 15. Kg2 $1) 11.
a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. h3 (13. g3 $142 Qc6 14. b4 Ne5 15. Kg2 $1) 13... Bxf3
14. hxg4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. b3 Bc7 (16... d6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 $36) 17.
Rd1 Na6 (17... d6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qe5
Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 f6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qd5 $18) 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 $2 (19...
exf5 $142 $1 {(/\ f5-f4)} 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rd5 $132) 20. Rac1 Be5 $2 (20...
Raf8 $8 21. Nc3 (21. Nb6 Nb8) 21... Bf4 (21... Nxc5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Rc2 $18) 22.
b4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rf2 24. Qg4 $14) 21. f4 $1 Bc7 (21... Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23.
Rd6 $18) 22. Nb6 $1 axb6 23. cxb6 Qb7 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. bxc7 Rc8
27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Rd1 Qxc7 29. Qxh7 Qc3 30. Bd4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 c6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. a5 Ne4 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Bb2 Rg5 20. h4 Rd5 21.
g3 Qf8 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rd4 b5 25. Bf1 Kh8 26. Rxe4 c5 27. bxc5
Bxe4 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxf7 Qf8 30. Qc7 Rd1 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qb8+ Qg8 33.
Qe5+ Qg7 34. Qe8+ Qg8 35. Qe5+ Qg7 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39.
Qf4 Kg7 40. Kg2 Qc6+ 41. e4 Re1 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. Bxb5
Qxe4+ 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Bd3 Ra4 48. Bxh7 {Einfache Technik; der Turm hat keine
Chance, sich gegen die Bauern f+g zu opfern.} Kf6 49. f3 Ke5 50. Kh3 Rc4 51.
Be4 Rc1 52. Kg4 Rg1 53. h5 Rg2 54. Bf5 Kf6 55. Kf4 Ra2 56. g4 Rg2 57. Ke3 Kg5
58. f4+ Kh6 59. Kf3 Ra2 60. Be6 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Ra5 62. Bd5 Ra4+ 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64.
Kg2 Rd3 65. Bf3 Ra3 66. g5+ Kg7 67. Kg3 Ra1 68. Kg4 Rc1 69. h6+ Kh8 70. g6 Rc5
71. f5 Rc1 72. f6 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 ({White's
more common choice is} 7. O-O {, not trying to "refute" 6...b6.}) 7... exd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 (8... Ba6 {- Nisipeanu - Wang Hao in CBM 157.}) ({Other options:} 
8... Bb7) (8... h6) 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 {[%cal Rd5h5]} Qf6 $1
{The only defence.} 12. Bb2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new and good plan in this
well-known position.} (12. Qxa8 $2 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 Nc6 $19) (12. O-O Nc6 13. e4 (
13. Qh5+ $5 Kg8 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. e4) 13... Kg8 14. Qh5 Ba6 15. Re1
Rae8 (15... Bc4 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Qh4 f6 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Bf7 20. Re3 $14 {
1-0 (60) Geller,E-Smyslov,V Moscow 1965}) (15... Rfe8 $11 {V.Kortschnoj}) 16.
Bf4 $5 Bd3 (16... Qxf4 $2 17. Ng5) 17. Qd5 (17. Ng5 $142 Qh6 $13) 17... Qxc3 $1
{looks fine for Black} (17... Qxf4 $143 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Re3 $14
{1-0 (56) Kortschnoj,V-Lengyel,L Luhacovice 1969}) 18. Rac1 $140 Qf6 19. Bg5
Nb4 $1 $17) 12... Nc6 13. O-O-O Kg8 14. h4 $1 Ba6 (14... Qe6 {was probably a
better option. After the queen exchange Black will fight for the c4 square.
However, White keeps the initiative by means of} 15. Qd3 $1 Na5 (15... Qxa2 $6
16. Ng5 g6 17. h5 Ne5 18. Qc2 $40 {e.g.} d5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g4 $3 Bxg4 21. f3
{[%cal Rc2h2]} Bf5 22. e4 $1 Nc4 $8 23. exf5 Qxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Rxf5
26. f4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 16. h5) 15. h5 Qh6 16. Nh4 (16. Qd6 $5 $14 Qxd6 $140
17. Rxd6 Rad8 18. h6 $40) 16... Qe6 17. Qxe6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A huge mistake.
White exchanges queens and improves his opponent's pawn structure, after which
his attacking chances vanish.} (17. h6 $1 Bc4 (17... gxh6 $2 18. Qf3 {[%cal
Yh4f5]}) (17... Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bc4 19. hxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ Kg8 21. Rxd7 $16) 18.
Qg5 $1 {gave White a strong attack, e.g.} Qe5 (18... Qxh6 19. Qg3 $16) 19. Nf5
({the simple} 19. Qg4 Be6 20. Qf3 {is strong, too}) 19... g6 20. Rh4 $1 (20.
Rd5 $5 {is not yet killing due to} Qe6) 20... Qxf5 (20... b5 21. Rd5 $3 Qe6 (
21... Bxd5 22. c4 $1 $18) 22. Re4 $3 $18) 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Rxc4 $16) 17...
dxe6 18. h6 Bc4 $1 {No illusions! Without his bishop White can't create any
threats.} 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rh4 b5 $6 {This allows the activation
of White's bishop.} (21... Be2 $142 22. Rg4 (22. c4 Rd1+ 23. Kc2 Nb4+ 24. Kb3
Rd3+ 25. Bc3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nxa2 $19) (22. hxg7 Kxg7 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Yf7f6,
Ye6e5]}) 22... g6 23. Rh4 f6 $17) 22. Ba3 gxh6 23. Bxc5 Bxa2 24. Nd4 $6 {
White probably misses Black's reply.} ({After} 24. Rxh6 {Black's small
advantage (his passed a-pawn) is obviously insufficient for a victory.}) 24...
Rd5 25. Rg4+ Kh7 26. Bf8 Ne5 27. Rg7+ (27. Rh4 $142 Nd3+ 28. Kc2 Bc4 29. Bxh6
Kg6 $15 {[%cal Rd3f2,Rd3e1]}) 27... Kh8 28. Rg3 Nd3+ 29. Kc2 Nxf2 30. Rf3 (30.
Rg7 Ne4 $1) 30... Ne4 31. Rxf7 Rg5 32. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 33. Kc1 Nxc3 $2 {Black
trades his crucial pawn instead of moving it forward.} (33... h5 $1 $17 {
[%csl Gh5] e.g.} 34. Ra8 Kh7 35. Ra7+ Kg8 36. Ra8 Bd5 37. Rc8 Nf2 $1 {[%cal
Rf2d3] , and Black should win.}) 34. Bxh6 b4 35. Bf4 Bd5 36. Be5+ Kg8 37. Rc7
Na2+ 38. Kb1 Nc3+ 39. Kc1 Ra2 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Nc2 Ne2+ 42. Kd1 b3 43. Kxe2 Be4
44. Kd2 Kg6 45. Bd4 bxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Black's advantage is not decisive here 
(due to the opposite-coloured bishops) but White must defend accurately.} 46.
Rg8+ Kh5 47. Rh8+ Kg4 48. Rg8+ $6 {This check allows the proper re-arrangement
of Black's pieces.} (48. Bf6 $1 {[%cal Yh8h4,Yh4f4] was the safest defence.})
48... Kf3 49. Rf8+ $2 {It was necessary to protect the first rank:} (49. Rg1 $1
{[%cal Rg1a1] , and it is unclear whether Black can break down White's
defences, e.g.} Ra3 50. Bb2 $1 Rb3 51. Rf1+ Kg3 52. Bc1) 49... Bf5 50. Kc1 (50.
Rh8 $142 Ra5 51. Rh1 Rd5 52. Rf1+ {would create more obstacles for Black})
50... Ra4 $1 51. Rb8 Ra3 52. Rf8 Ke2 53. Rh8 Rb3 54. Rh2+ Kf1 (54... Kf1 55.
Bb2 Rxe3 {, and the invasion of Black's rook to the first rank decides, e.g.}
56. Rh8 (56. Rh1+ Kg2) 56... Re1+ 57. Kd2 Rd1+ 58. Ke3 Kg2 59. Rg8+ Kh3 60.
Rh8+ Kg4 61. Rg8+ Kh5 62. Rc8 Rb1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 {Quite a rare move
order. Black wants to reach the 4...b6 line, having avoided the more dangerous
5.Nge2 move.} 7. d5 $5 {If there is a way to question Black's move order this
must be it! Allthough I did not remember all the lines, I knew that it is
quite dangerous for Black.} exd5 (7... b5 {is a interesting alternative, but
not everyone likes the Blumenfeld structures.}) 8. cxd5 Ba6 (8... h6 9. e4 Nxe4
10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8 {was played by Ivanchuk and Kramnik, but it does
not really inspire confidence.}) (8... Bb7 9. e4 c4 10. Bxc4 Nxe4 11. O-O Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 {looks promising for White too, in my opinion.}) 9. O-O
Re8 $6 (9... Bxd3 $142 10. Qxd3 Bxc3 (10... Re8 11. Ne2 $5 a6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4
cxb4 14. Bb2 $44) 11. bxc3 d6 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 {with a slight edge for
White.}) 10. e4 $6 (10. Nb5 $1 d6 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Qb3 bxa3 14. Bxa3
{with a very strong initiative for the pawn would have been a much stronger
continuation.}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rae1 {An ambitious
move with the clear aim to start some kingside action.} h6 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. a3
Ba5 16. Qb1 $1 {A nice move and the only one which keeps the initiative.} (16.
Rb1 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qg5 $11) 16... c4 $1 {A
principled decision, allthough giving the white knight access to d4-c6 or
d4-f5 is obviously very risky.} (16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 b5 18. b4 {is slightly
better for White.}) 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. h3 Ne5 ({A safer alternative was} 18... Nf6
19. Nc6 Qd7 20. f3 $14) 19. Re3 $1 {A nice move, defending against the
immediate Ne(c)d3 and also planning Rg3 and Nf5 businness.} Nb3 $5 (19... Qd7
20. Nf5 {looks very dangerous for Black.}) (19... Ned3 $2 20. b4 cxb3 21. Rxd3
$18 {was one point of 19.Re3!}) 20. Nxb3 cxb3 21. Rg3 Qh4 $6 {Wang Hao was
very displeased with this move and indeed this is the first clear mistake.} ({
To be honest even after the better} 21... Qf6 22. Bc1 $1 (22. Be1 Rac8 23. Qd1
a6 24. Qxb3 b5 {with enough compensation was indicated by my opponent after
the game}) 22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rac8 24. Rxb3 {I doubt that Black has enough
for the pawn.}) ({Maybe best was} 21... Ng6 22. f4 Qh4 23. Kh2 $14 {but even
here, Black is still far from equal.}) 22. Be1 $1 {A very strong move, which
takes the bishop away from being attacked with ...Nc4 and also eyes the
h4-queen at the same time.} Nd7 $6 (22... Nc4 23. Qd1 $1 Rac8 (23... Nxb2 $2
24. Qxb3 {traps the knight}) 24. Qxb3 $16 {is obviously better for White, but
was the lesser evil for Black.}) 23. Nb5 $1 Qxe4 24. Bxa5 bxa5 25. Nc7 Qxb1 26.
Rxb1 Nc5 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. Rc1 $18 {I was certain that this is a
technically winning position, my main goal was to reach move 40 with no damage.
} g5 30. Rc4 Kg7 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 h5 33. a4 (33. h4 {was a simple win, but
I had a different idea in mind.}) 33... Rg8 34. Rxc5 {I thought that this was
an easy win as well, helped by the fact that Hao had less than 3 minutes on
his clock here. This somehow explains the strange things that followed.} dxc5
35. Kd3 g4 ({Even after the better} 35... c4+ 36. Kxc4 Rc8+ 37. Kb5 (37. Kxb3
Rc5 38. Rf3+ Ke7 39. Rf5 f6 40. h4 gxh4 41. Rxh5 {also looks close to winning})
37... Rc2 38. d6 Rd2 39. Kxa5 Rxd6 40. Rxb3 {White should be winning.}) 36. h4
$6 ({I can not explain why I did not go for the simple} 36. Kc4 gxh3 37. gxh3
$18) 36... g3 $2 (36... c4+) 37. f3 $2 (37. Rxg3 $18) 37... Rb8 $2 (37... c4+
38. Kd4 c3 39. Kxc3 Rc8+ 40. Kxb3 Rd8 {would have seriously endangered the
white win}) 38. Kc4 $18 Rb4+ 39. Kxc5 Rxh4 40. d6 Rh1 41. Rd3 Rc1+ 42. Kb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 640]} 1. d4 {Baburin.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6.
Be2 {Very modest setup, doesn,t promise any advantage to white.} b6 7. O-O Bb7
8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Re8 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gf6e4]} (10... c6 11. Qb3
Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. a5 Ne4 15. axb6 axb6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 {
1-0 Vaisser,A-Relange,E/FRA-ch Meribel 1998 (71)} (16... dxe4 {Baburin} 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Bb2 Rg5 {led to a complicated position in the game
Vaisser-Relange, Meribel 1998.})) 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3,Gb4b5,Ga1c1]}
Nc6 $5 13. Ba3 (13. Nxd5 Nxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 (15... Qh4 $5) 16.
Qxc4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 (17. Nc6 Qf6 $1) 17... c5 $15) 13... Re6 $1 {[%cal Gf6h6,
Rd6h2,Re6h6] Baburin: 'The rook lift to the kingside is both a well-known and
very effective technique, which usually should make the defender very cautious.
A rook is a mighty piece and can add a lot of fuel to an attack. In this game
White failed to recognise the danger.'} 14. Rfe1 $6 {[%csl Rf2] '?' Baburin.
Baburin: 'This is too slow and after this mistake White can only respond to
his opponent's threats.'} (14. Nxd5 $6 Nxd4 $1 15. exd4 (15. Nxd4 $2 Bxh2+ $1 (
15... Bxd5 {Baburin} 16. Qc2 {his kingside would be too weak and a standard
combination} Bxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Rh6 {would finish White off.}) 16.
Kxh2 Rh6+ 17. Kg1 Qh4 $19) 15... Bxd5 $36) (14. Bd3 $5 Rh6 15. h3 (15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd4 $1) 15... a5 $5 16. b5 Nb4 $13) ({I think that White had to
play} 14. b5 {Baburin trying to exchange the d6-bishop as soon as possible.})
14... Rh6 15. g3 (15. Nxd5 $2 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Qh4 $19) (15. b5 $2 Bxh2+ $19)
15... Qf6 16. Rf1 $2 {Too passive, interesting complications grown up after} (
16. Nxd5 $5 {for example:} Qe6 (16... Qg6 17. Nf4 $1 (17. Nc3 Nxg3 $1 18. hxg3
Bxg3 19. Kf1 (19. Qb1 Qg4 $1 20. Bd1 Nxd4 $1 $19) 19... Rh1+ 20. Kg2 Nxd4 $1 {
[%cal Rb7f3]} 21. fxg3 (21. exd4 Rh2+ $19) 21... Rxe1 22. exd4 Rxa1 $19) 17...
Bxf4 18. exf4 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxh2+ 21. Ke3 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Qxd4+ 23.
Qd3) (16... Qf5 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nd3 (18. d5 gxf4 19. dxc6 fxg3 20. fxg3 Bxg3 $1
21. cxb7 Bxh2+ $19) 18... Ne7 $44) 17. Reb1 $1 (17. Bc4 Qf5 {[%cal Rf5f2]} 18.
Nf4 (18. Kg2 Rxh2+ $1 19. Kxh2 Qxf3 $17) 18... g5 {Baburin: 'but such
desparate messures were already necessary, as in the game White loses without
much of a chance.'} 19. d5 gxf4 20. dxc6 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bxc6 22. Rf1 Nxg3 $1 23.
hxg3 Qh3 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 $19) 17... Nxd4 (17... Na5 18. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 19. bxa5) (
17... Nd8 18. Nf4 (18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qg4 {[%cal Rb7f3,Rd6g3]}) 18... Bxf4
19. exf4 (19. Qxe6 $2 Nxe6 20. exf4 Nc3 $19) 19... Bd5 20. Qe3 $13) 18. Nxd4
Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 $13) 16... Qf5 {[%cal Rf5h3]} 17. Qxd5 {Lose immediately,
but it is difficult to give good advice to white already.} (17. Nb5 $2 Qh3 18.
Rfd1 Nxg3 $1 19. fxg3 Bxg3 $19) ({What awaits White here can be seen clearly
in the following line:} 17. Rad1 {Baburin} Qh3 18. Rfe1 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Bxg3) ({
Yet, White no longer has time to exchange any pieces, as} 17. b5 {Baburin
loses as well in view of} Na5 18. Qb2 ({or} 18. Qc2 Nxg3 $1 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 $19)
18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4) 17... Nxc3 $1 18. Qxf5 Nxe2+ 19. Kg2 (19. Kh1 Ncxd4
20. exd4 Nxd4 $19) 19... Ncxd4 $1 {Final blow!} 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Bxf3+ 22.
Qxf3 Nxf3 23. Kxf3 Rxh2 $19 {Sokolov won tho pawns after sharp struggle in
middlegame and now has to show just elementary technique of endings.} 24. b5
Rh6 25. Rfd1 Rf6+ 26. Kg2 Bxa3 27. Rxa3 c6 28. Rd7 (28. Rad3 g6) 28... cxb5 29.
axb5 h5 30. Rb7 (30. Raxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rf5 $19) 30... Rc8 31. Rbxa7 (31. Ra2
Rc5) 31... Rc2 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Kxf3 Rc5 {That,s all, Lugivoi could easy
resine now.} 34. Rb7 Rxb5 35. Ke4 g6 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. f3 Kf6 38. g4 hxg4 39.
fxg4 Rb4+ 40. Kf3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3 $5 (9... Bxc5) 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nd4 Qxc5 12. Nb5 Rd8 $8 13.
Ba3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Rb2 (15. Rb3) 15... Qa5 $1 16. Rb3 Rd7 $1 17. Nd6 Be6
18. Qc1 Rb8 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Nd4 Na5 $1 (21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 $14)
22. Rb5 Rc8 23. f3 (23. f4 Nc4 $1 (23... Bg4 24. Bd3 $13 {ץg4}) 24. Bxc4 dxc4
{><e4}) 23... b6 24. Qd2 Rdc7 25. Rbb1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 $15 27. Rfc1 a6 (27...
Ra4 $5) 28. Rb4 $1 b5 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Nb3 $1 {/\ Bb4} a5 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Bd6
$1 $10 Ne8 33. Bg3 Qc8 34. Ne2 Be6 35. Be5 $5 f6 36. Bd4 Bf7 37. Nf4 Nd6 38. g4
$5 b4 39. Ne2 Nb5 40. cxb4 Nxd4 41. exd4 axb4 42. Rxc4 Qxc4 43. Kf2 (43. Nf4 $2
g5 44. Ng2 Bg6 45. Ne3 Qc3) 43... h6 (43... h5 $5 {/\} 44. h3 h4 $5 45. Nf4 Qc7
$1 {><g3}) 44. Nf4 g5 45. Ng2 Qb5 (45... h5) 46. h4 b3 47. axb3 Qxb3 48. Qe3 $5
Qxe3+ 49. Nxe3 $14 Be6 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. f4 Kf8 52. Nc2 Kg7 53. Ne1 Bc8 54. Nc2
Be6 55. Nb4 Kf8 56. Nd3 Bc8 57. fxg5 hxg5 58. Nf2 Kg7 59. Nd1 Kg6 60. Ne3 Be6
61. h5+ Kh6 62. Kf3 Bd7 63. Kg3 Be6 64. Kf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

